Linseed meal

Lein-fimis, m. linseed varnish (thickened linseed oil), -kraut, n. toadflax, -kuchen, m. linseed cake, oil cake, -mehl, m. linseed meal. 

Leinsamen, m. flaxseed, linseed, -abkochung, /. decoction of linseed, -mehl, n. flaxseed meal, linseed meal, -ol, n. linseed oil. -schleim, m. linseed (or flaxseed) mucilage. 

Kratzer (1946) reported that pyridoxine supplementation in chicks on diets containing a linseed meal was necessary to counteract the vitamin B6 deficiency. Klosterman et al. (1967) identified the antipyridoxine factor linatine. Although linatine is a problem in chicks, flaxseed has not been associated with a vitamin B6 deficiency in humans. In fact, no affect on serum pyridoxine levels in subjects consuming 45 grams of flaxseed per day over 5 weeks was observed (Dieken, 1992). 

Bhatty, R.S. and Cherdklatgumchal, P. 1990. Compositional analysis of laboratory-prepared and commercial samples of linseed meal and of hull isolated from flax. J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 67, 79-84. 

Kratzer, F.H. 1946. The treatment of linseed meal to improve its feeding value for chicks. Poult. Sci. 25, 541-542. 

The findings reviewed by El Boushy and van der Poel (2000) indicate that wheat and sunflower seeds, polished rice, cooked potatoes, potato flakes and fresh fish are very palatable feedstuffs. Oats, rye, rough rice, buckwheat and barley are less palatable, unless ground. Linseed meal appears to be very unpalatable. 

The oil content of flaxseed ranges from 400 to 450g/kg and the byproduct of mechanical oil extraction - flaxseed (or linseed) meal - can be used in organic poultry feeding. There is also interest in feeding the ground whole oil-containing seed to poultry for two main reasons to produce meat with a fatty acid profile in the fat that confers health benefits to the consumer (Conners, 2000) and to impart an enhanced flavour to the meat. 

Because it is deficient in lysine, linseed meal should be used in combination with a complementary protein source(s). As with other oilseeds containing oil that is subject to rancidity, the ground seed should be mixed into diets and used quickly after processing. 

Madhusudhan, K.T., Ramesh, H.P., Ogawa, T., Sasaoka, K. and Singh, N. (1986) Detoxification of commercial linseed meal for use in broiler rations. Poultry Science 65,164-171. 

The new oilseed crop is grown wherever flax and linseed varieties are currently cultivated (35, 36). The climate in northern Europe is highly suitable for production of Linola, where sunflower and com/maize cannot be produced. Linola seed can be processed by existing crushing plants using similar processing parameters. Linola meal is used for ruminant feed in the same way as linseed meal. 

Xobelia Poultice. Linseed meal, i ounce slippery elm, I ounce powdered lobelia, ounces ginger, 1 ounce whiskey sufficient to make it. Good for all inflamed parts, as the side in pleurisy, liver complaints, rheumatism, lumbago. 

Chlorinated Poultice. Mix gradually 4J ounces linseed meal with 6 fluid ounces boiling water add 2 fluid ounces of a solution of chlorinated soda (chloride of sodium), applied to foul ulcers, Ac,... 

T91. Treatment of Styes. A stye ia a small boil which projects from iho eyelid, much inflamed, and very painful. The application of ico to tho part will sometimes check it in tho beginning. Apply a poultice of linseed meal, or bread and milk, and take at tho same time an aperient. If tho stye is ripe, punctnro it, and then apply spermaceti ointment... 

Bitter needles, mp 142-143°, [ ], —29. Freely sol in water, cold alcohol, hot acetone slightly in hot ethyl acetate, etheri benzene, chloroform practically tnsol in petr ether Evolves HCN with linseed meal but not with emulsin. 

Kodes of Application.—Internally —Dissolved in dilute spirit of ivine, or made into a bolus with linseed meal or common mass. Externally —As a caustic, the imdiluted acid for other purposes, in the form of lotion, liniment, or ointment. 

Kodes of Application.—Internally —Diluted with water. In troublesome cough in horses, twenty minims of the acid with a drachm each of camphor and extract of belladonna, made into a ball with powdered liquorice or linseed meal, and given two or three times a day. To the dog, in obstinate vomiting, two grains of the add with ten grains of carbonate of soda and one ounce of water may be administered every hour. One drachm of the add with about a quart of water, employed slowly as an enema two or three times a day, lessens muscular contn ons in tetanus. Externally — To allay pain and irritation in chronic skin affections, especially in dogs, two to three drachms of the acid are mixed with a pint of distilled or rain water. 

Mix the linseed meal gradually with the water, and add the solution of chlorinated lime, with constant stirring. 

Add the linseed meal to the water, and stir them together so that a soft poultice may be formed. Mix with this half the charcoal, and sprinkle the remainder on the surface of the poultice. 

Mix the bran and linseed meal together, and then add the water, with constant stirring, so as to form a soft poultice. 

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